[classichasclass]

My main issue with these two (and don't get me wrong: I'm delighted people are trying) is that they hit the uncanny valley pretty hard. They get enough of it right that the small differences really stick out, particularly things like font and text positioning. It almost makes me wonder if a Aqua-esque window manager with window buttons on the left -- and stopping there -- would be more successful than trying to get all the quirks in.

[jwells89]

At minimum, to escape the uncanny valley it’d be necessary to develop a new suite of standard utility apps that closely follow the older, more detailed OS X HIG[0]. Forking existing apps and modifying them could also work, but details are almost certainly going to be missed.

[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20140603021344/https://developer...